Dockerfile

# To build and run:
#     $ docker build -t nvidia-docker-bug .
#     $ docker run -ti --rm nvidia-docker-bug /bin/bash


# To reproduce, run container and try and install the package.
#
# Sample session:
#
#     root@224ae124ddcd:/# dpkg -i nvidia-docker_1.0.0.rc.3-1_amd64.deb 
#     Selecting previously unselected package nvidia-docker.
#     (Reading database ... 11936 files and directories currently installed.)
#     Preparing to unpack nvidia-docker_1.0.0.rc.3-1_amd64.deb ...
#     Unpacking nvidia-docker (1.0.0~rc.3-1) ...
#     Setting up nvidia-docker (1.0.0~rc.3-1) ...
#     Configuring user
#     Setting up permissions
#     invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/nvidia-docker not found.
#     dpkg: error processing package nvidia-docker (--install):
#      subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 100
#     Errors were encountered while processing:
#      nvidia-docker

#
# Now create the missing file and try again ...
#
#     root@224ae124ddcd:/# touch /etc/init.d/nvidia-docker && chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/nvidia-docker
#     root@224ae124ddcd:/# dpkg -i nvidia-docker_1.0.0.rc.3-1_amd64.deb 
#     (Reading database ... 11946 files and directories currently installed.)
#     Preparing to unpack nvidia-docker_1.0.0.rc.3-1_amd64.deb ...
#     invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of stop.
#     Unpacking nvidia-docker (1.0.0~rc.3-1) over (1.0.0~rc.3-1) ...
#     Setting up nvidia-docker (1.0.0~rc.3-1) ...
#     Configuring user
#     Setting up permissions
#     invoke-rc.d: policy-rc.d denied execution of start.
#     insserv: warning: script 'nvidia-docker' missing LSB tags and overrides
#     root@224ae124ddcd:/# 


FROM debian:jessie


# Add Docker repository to pick up docker-engine package
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates && \
    apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://p80.pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys 58118E89F3A912897C070ADBF76221572C52609D && \
    echo "deb https://apt.dockerproject.org/repo debian-jessie main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/upstream-docker.list


# Add nvidia-docker dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y init-system-helpers docker-engine wget


# Download nvidia-docker package
RUN wget -P / https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-docker/releases/download/v1.0.0-rc.3/nvidia-docker_1.0.0.rc.3-1_amd64.deb